edax
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Derived from edō (“I eat”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.daːks/, [ˈɛd̪äːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.daks/, [ˈɛːd̪äks]
Adjective edit
edāx (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- greedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious, consuming, devourer.
- Alere nolunt hominem edacem.
- They won't keep a greedy man.
- Tempus edax rerum.
- Time, the devourer of things.
- destructive
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | edāx | edācēs | edācia | ||
| Genitive | edācis | edācium | |||
| Dative | edācī | edācibus | |||
| Accusative | edācem | edāx | edācēs | edācia | |
| Ablative | edācī | edācibus | |||
| Vocative | edāx | edācēs | edācia | ||
References edit
- “edax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “edax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- edax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse